The Sad Truth Behind Classic Video Games

Peel back the story and art and most games are incredibly simple. A test of reflexes, some rudimentary mechanics. We live most of our lives oblivous to this man behind the curtain, but sometimes it pays to peel it back and remember that Sonic really is little but holding right except sometimes. While some of…

Sony Resetting Some PSN Passwords Following “Irregular Activity”

Earlier this week, Sony Europe resetsome user’s PSN passwords as a “precautionary” measure. Today, Sony America is doing the same thing. A noticeon the official PlayStation forums says that some users “may need to reset” their passwords after Sony detected “irregular activity” on their network. A Sony rep says: Note that if you have access…

All The Assassin’s Creed Naval Battles You Can Take Coming December 5

Ahoy, Android and iOS mateys! No, I can’t do that. That’s stupid. I’ll just — look, Assassin’s Creed Pirates is coming to iOS and Android on December 5. It has all the boats. Look at the goddamned boats. My brother was the biggest Assassin’s Creed fan I knew, until Assassin’s Creed III made him do…

Watch This King Wage War On The Sun

You can’t win against the sun. But that doesn’t mean you can’t try. In Oru Burus, a little clockwork king tries to fight the sun. The gorgeously animated short is like a charming mix of Media Molecule and Puppeteer. For more info on the animators, go here. While you’re here, here are some cute gifs:…

An Indie RPG That Does Not Look Like Most Indie RPGs

Behold, the recently-released Paper Sorcerer, a Kickstarted indie RPG with a look all its own. The game comes to us from Ultra Runaway Games, who last year exceeded their $5,000 Kickstarter ask for the game by quite a bit. Always nice to see a Kickstarter game finished and playable. You can see more of Paper…

The Video Game “Lean” Continues Its Console Invasion

Say you’re coming up on a corner in a hallway. There might be some guys on the other side who. I don’t know want to shoot you. What do you do? Put your entire body around the corner really quick just to see what’s over there? Of course you don’t. You peek your head around…

Dress Your Xbox One And PS4 Up Like Respectable Game Consoles

Ah, that’s much better. Now where do I put my money? Lovingly crafted by the fine folks at houseofgrafix (thanks, Paciano!), these NES-flavored skins transform your boring black boxes into actual video game consoles. They’re so pretty you’ll want to blow them to clear the dust from the contacts before inserting your cartridges. I can’t…

Show Us Your Game Console Setup

Over the last couple of weeks, lots of people have added one or even two new gaming consoles to the space under their TVs. As a result, some reorganization has been required. Where the hell are we supposed to fit all these black boxes? Today seemed like a good day to ask you all to…

The lovely turn-based RPG Festival of Magic, which was showcased at PAX Prime a few months ago, is now on Kickstarter. They’re asking for $250,000.

​If Only The Xbox One Were Actually This Tiny

The Xbox One is not a small console. In fact, it’s the biggest console currently in my entertainment center. But what if it were tiny? No, I mean really tiny. This 3D-printed Xbox One model comes from Dave Nunez, who has made several other very cool 3D-printed gaming console models in the past. If you…

Sandy Hook Killer’s Video Gaming Obsession: Not What You’d Expect

If Adam Lanza—the shooter responsible for last year’s Sandy Hook Elementary School Massacre—had a video gaming obsession, it appears to be Dance Dance Revolution, according to a comprehensive final report the state of Connecticut released today about the mass killing. From data recovered from a GPS device his mother had given him, which recorded his…

Xbox One Has The Best Error Messages

Via Twitterer @getB3NT, behold the greatest error message on any video game console. “Because of your past behavior, you can’t Xbox Live Gold is required to use Skype for Xbox One.” (Note: @getB3NT says you get that error message if you swear in a private Skype call, but I just spent like five minutes cursing…

Remember the developers who are famed for being ripped off? Someone made a game about that: now you too can rip off Vlambeer games (like Ridiculous Fishing) and get away with it. Heh.